| ADJECTIVE | all | punished | subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience) |
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| Sounds | pah'nihsht | |
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| Rhymes | accomplished ... varnished: 31 rhymes with ihsht... | |
| Meaning | subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience). | |
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| Narrower | tarred-and-feathered | smeared with tar and covered with feathers as a punishment |
| Opposite | unpunished | not punished |
| Spanish | castigado | |
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